Thai Rebels Launch Massive Attack Against Army Base

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from War News Updates by War News Updates Editor
Thai Army Repels Mass Attack In Restive South -- Al Jazeera

The war against Muslim radicals goes far beyond the Middle East. Few media outlets bother to relate activities in other areas. A look at the map will show the proximity of Maylasia, a country with a majority Muslim population. Are we going to see an expansion of the so-called War On Terror to Asia as well as Africa?

At least 50 heavily armed fighters launch bold assault on Thai military base, leaving at least 16 attackers dead.

Scores of heavily armed gunmen stormed a military base in unrest-plagued southern Thailand, in a major assault that left at least 16 attackers dead, a military spokesman said.

The attack was one of the most ambitious in several years of violence in Thailand's deep south.

No military casualties were reported in the early hours assault at the base in Bacho district of Narathiwat province, one of three Muslim-dominated provinces near the border with Malaysia.

"We learned of the attack in advance from defected militants," Colonel Pramote Promin, the southern army spokesman, told Thai television. "We were able to secure the camp. All of our force are safe."

He added that a key local leader of the fighters, who wore bulletproof vests during the attack, had been killed in the clashes.

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More News On Thailand's War Against Muslim Rebels

Militants killed in southern Thailand attack -- BBC
Thai Marines Kill 17 Insurgents in Repelling Attack on Base -- Bloomberg
Thai Army Urges Curfew after Insurgents Attack Base -- Voice of America
Thai marines kill 16 militants who attacked military base in deadliest clash in nearly decade -- Washington Post/AP
Thai insurgents attack army base, troops kill 16 -- Reuters
Thai forces thwart attack on military base, killing 16 insurgents -- CNN
Muslim insurgents launch raid on Thai military base; 16 militants slain -- NBC
Thai Soldiers Repel Attack in Big Setback to Insurgents -- New York Times
Thailand insurgents killed in attack on military base -- The Guardian
Southern Thailand Military Base Attack Leaves 19 Dead, Says Army: Phuket Checks -- Phuket Wan

 

[Mad Scientist]

I wonder if there's any US backed Al Qaida involved?